Arkansas · 1938

Top 100 names in Arkansas, 1938, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,159
#2	Betty	818
#3	Shirley	610
#4	Barbara	552
#5	Dorothy	411
#6	Patsy	283
#7	Carolyn	283
#8	Martha	270
#9	Wanda	245
#10	Joyce	244
#11	Patricia	233
#12	Virginia	223
#13	Helen	218
#14	Linda	200
#15	Margaret	197
#16	Doris	194
#17	Norma	186
#18	Ruby	182
#19	Peggy	177
#20	Frances	168
#21	Nancy	161
#22	Bobbie	152
#23	Alice	147
#24	Bonnie	146
#25	Jo	131
#26	Wilma	131
#27	Anna	130
#28	Ruth	128
#29	Emma	127
#30	Willie	125
#31	Annie	118
#32	Elizabeth	111
#33	Mildred	110
#34	Billie	104
#35	Louise	102
#36	Marilyn	100
#37	Evelyn	100
#38	Lois	97
#39	Hazel	97
#40	Glenda	93
#41	Juanita	92
#42	Margie	90
#43	Lillie	87
#44	Clara	87
#45	Erma	80
#46	Rosie	78
#47	Donna	78
#48	Sarah	77
#49	Gloria	76
#50	Minnie	75
#51	Joann	73
#52	Edna	71
#53	Velma	71
#54	Ann	71
#55	Thelma	71
#56	Carol	70
#57	Sue	69
#58	Jean	68
#59	Ethel	67
#60	Melba	67
#61	Jessie	66
#62	Janice	63
#63	Gladys	63
#64	Sylvia	63
#65	Marie	62
#66	Rose	61
#67	Johnnie	60
#68	Alma	60
#69	Bertha	60
#70	Ida	58
#71	Georgia	57
#72	Bernice	57
#73	Mae	56
#74	Geraldine	56
#75	Vera	55
#76	Bessie	55
#77	Charlene	55
#78	Phyllis	55
#79	Jane	54
#80	Mattie	54
#81	Maxine	54
#82	Sandra	54
#83	Geneva	54
#84	Ella	53
#85	Loretta	52
#86	Christine	52
#87	Charlotte	51
#88	Joy	50
#89	Eva	49
#90	Katherine	49
#91	Beverly	49
#92	Bettye	49
#93	Joan	49
#94	Lula	48
#95	Faye	48
#96	Pauline	47
#97	Ruthie	46
#98	Catherine	45
#99	Frankie	45
#100	Shelby	45

Uniquely popular in Arkansas

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Ruthie	46	25	4
Freddie	26	14	2
Erma	80	43	7
Earnestine	36	19	3
Eddie	26	14	3
Pearlie	33	18	3
Shelba	23	12	2
Frankie	45	24	5
Bobbie	152	81	17
Virgie	21	11	2
Melba	67	36	8
Francis	24	13	3

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.